Number of hours
- Lectures 19.5
- Projects -
- Tutorials 9.0
- Internship -
- Laboratory works -
ECTS
ECTS 25.0
Goal(s)
Learning outcomes :
- To know the means used in a drought and understand their principle
- To now the technologies used
- To understand how energy is transferred to the material and how fatal heat can be recovered
- To understand the technological choices and settings according to specific situations
- To perform a critical analysis of an installation
- To select equipment according to specifications
Christine ANTOINE
Content(s)
1. Physical principles and mechanisms of thermal drying. The different modes of energy transfer.
2. Humid air properties.
3. Contact drying : multicylinder drying and Yankee drying
- Industrial applications
- Modelling, heat transfer coefficients, technologies and global data
- Steam distribution and condensate removal
- Organisation of the steam and condensate system
- Drying section hood
- Energy recovery
- Dryer fabrics.
4. External convection drying
- Industrial applications
- Modelling, transfer coefficients, technologies and data.
5. Internal convection drying
- Industrial applications
- Modelling, transfer coefficients, technologies and data.
6. Radiation drying
- Industrial application
- Modelling, transfer coefficients, technologies and data.
7. Combination of drying techniques.
In addition to the lectures, the contents of the course is put in practice during tutorials and also, but not for the apprentice students, during lab sessions (4FME3054).
PrerequisitesThermodynamics (1st year)
Energetics (1st year)
Mass transfer (1st year)
Fluid mechanics (1st year)
- Knowledge of the paper making process upstream of the drying section is desirable
Accessibility for people with disabilities : please contact us for further information
- Specific credits: this course brings 2.0 ECTS to students in IFB - Spring exchange semester
Evaluation : Description of evaluation conditions in the ‘Evaluation’ field (1.5h)
Resit : Written exam (1.5h)
Course and exam language adapted to the student profile.
Assessment modalities : written exam (70%) and tutorials (30%).
Only individual exam can be catched-up, in the same conditions as the first session.
Downgraded mode: homework in limited time
The exam may be taken in french or in english
The course exists in the following branches:
- Curriculum - Pagora Engineer - Apprentice - Semester 8 (this course is given in english only)
- Curriculum - Pagora Engineer - Student - Semester 8 (this course is given in english only)
- Curriculum - International Semesters - Semester 8 (this course is given in english only)
Course ID : 4FMT1054
Course language(s):
You can find this course among all other courses.
Environmental security
Déroulement de l’enseignement en salle de cours standard.
Sécurité : RAS
Environnement : RAS
VILARS J. La fabrication des papiers et cartons, volume vert : Papier. IRFIP
KARLSSON M. Papermaking science and technology. book 9, Papermaking part 2, drying. Helsinki : Fapet Oy, 2010.
Handbook of industrial drying 3rd edition, édité par A. MUJUMDAR, CRC Press, 2007.
PERRY'S CHEMICAL ENGINEERS'S HANDBOOK 8th edition. Mc GRAW HILL, 2007.
Publications dans des revues spécialisées.
Documentation technique d'équipementiers.